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Resources

Download and distribute the Community Connections Resource Guide (PDF)

Born Learning with the United Way South Hampton Roads: www.bornlearning.org
Everyday experiences can be fun learning opportunities with your child! Born Learning offers tips for parents and caregivers about what to expect and ways to engage your child, from birth to age 6.

Dominion Education Center at Chesapeake Bay Academy: www.cba-va.org
Provides informed, scientifically based, educational outreach services to all of Hampton Roads.

Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters: www.chkd.org
Information on child health and development, parenting, family resources and classes.

Dr. Kersey’s 101s Info: www.dl.odu.edu/101s/index.html
Information on Dr. Kersey’s 101 Positive Principles of Discipline.  Effective, respectful discipline techniques that maintain and build your relationship with your child.

North Carolina’s Smart Start: www.ncsmartstart.org
Smart Start is North Carolina’s nationally recognized and award-winning early childhood initiative designed to ensure that young children enter school healthy and ready to succeed.

The Planning Council: www.theplanningcouncil.org
Dedicated to the planning, development, and management of the human services that improve the quality of community life in Eastern Virginia, Northern Virginia, and Maryland.

Virginia Association for Early Childhood Education: www.vaece.org
Serving and acting on behalf of the needs and rights of all young children and to work with all groups serving the interest and well-being of children in Virginia.

Virginia Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies: www.vaccrrn.org
A statewide network of 14 locally-based child care resource and referral agencies which assist parents in finding child care that meets their family’s particular needs.

Virginia Department of Social Services: www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cc/publications.cgi
Provides a resource guide to choosing quality child care; competencies for early childhood professionals and milestones of child development.

Virginia Early Childhood Foundation:  VECF Annual Report 
Document highlights organization’s activities since its founding in 2005 and details the grant awards made across the state in 2007.

Virginia’s Foundation Blocks for Early Learning: www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/Elem_M/FoundationBlocks.pdf
Virginia’s Department of Education created a comprehensive set of learning standards for four-year-olds in the areas of Literacy, Mathematics, Science and History.

Voices for Virginia’s Children: www.vakids.org
The organization’s mission is to build a powerful voice for children and to inspire the people of Virginia to act on their behalf.

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Did You Know?

Did You KnowDid You Know
  • 90% of a child’s brain is developed by the age of 5.
  • 78% of parents of children under 6 in South Hampton Roads work outside the home, and must find care for thier children.
  • 1 in 8 children in our region arrives at kindergarten not ready.
  • Children who start school behind tend to stay behind.
  • Nationally, 49% of children arriving at school unprepared come from middle and upper income families.
  • 18% of kindergartners held back in Virginia live in South Hampton Roads.
  • Holding back a child in kindergarten adds almost $8,000 to the public cost of that child’s education.
  • 3rd grade reading level is a powerful predictor: for those who fail the 3rd grade reading test, half will also fail the 5th grade.
  • In fact, 62% of Virginia’s students cannot read proficiently by the end of 3rd grade.
  • A working, middle class family, with two young children, will spend on average 29% of their income on child care.


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